This report analyses the adoption of manufacturing 4.0 solutions in the industry:
- It presents the underlying networking technologies needed to attain the goals of smart manufacturing.
- The key use cases are also described in detail.
- It also analyses the regulation of the spectrum allocation, especially for private networks devoted to industrials.
- The strategies of the key players - solution providers, equipment vendors, MNOs and industrials - are examined.
- It reviews the main drivers and barriers to manufacturing 4.0 market development.
- In conclusion, it presents forecasts in volume in terms of use cases, and a technology breakdown.
Table of Contents
1. Executive summary2. Use cases description
- Collaborative Robots in Manufacturing (Cobots)
- Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
- Forklift trucks
- Asset tracking
- Tags and Beacons
3. Enabling technologies
- Synthesis of key networking technologies
- Technical chain of IoT
- Technologies designed for IoT
- Wired technologies
- Short range standardized technologies
- Satellite technologies
- Low earth orbit’s compatibility with IoT
- Complementary Wi-Fi technologies 5/6 & HaLow
- Cellular technologies
- LPWAN - Focus on the energy-oriented technology
- 5G - Focus on the upcoming driver
4. Ecosystem analysis
- Solution providers
- Collaborative Robots Ecosystem - Case study: Universal Robots
- Automatic Guided Vehicles Ecosystem - Case study: MaxAGV
- Asset Tracking Ecosystem - Case study: Uwinloc
- Telecom equipment vendors - Case studies: Ericsson - Nokia
- Telecom operators - Case studies: AT&T - Vodafone
- Industrials - Case studies: Bosch - Fujitsu - Siemens
5. Market development
- Market dynamics
- Government initiatives – Focus on China
- Market sizing
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Companies Mentioned
- AT&T
- BMW
- Bosch
- Ericsson
- Fujitsu
- Lufthansa Technik
- MaxAGV
- Navantia
- Nokia
- Siemens
- Universal Robots
- Uwinloc
- Vodafone
Methodology
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